I went out on a charter on Wednesday from Cape Jervis we went trolling for tuna and landed my first tuna and caught it on the 4/0 hot rod it was the first fish for this reel . Then we did some bottom fishing I used the 99 (thanks to Ted MAXED OUT prize)and caught kingfish ,trevaly, sweep, blue morwong,blue devils and snapper that had to be returned due to the band . Had a great day.
Kim
Some more pictures
Some tasty fish there, congrats. Mouth watering...
Nice work Kim!
A great days fishing!
That's a big um and a whole boat load too,,,, :o great job man,,,,,,, ;D
Nothing more rewarding than a fun day of fishing with reels you built yourself. Congrats !!
:D I say , you got a good work out pulling up that many fish ...
Thanks Kim for taking us along, nice to catch fish with reels you have done up, the blue morong is that what we call Queen snapper, cheers Don.
Don , I just looked it up and yes it is the same thing.
Kim
Good thanks Kim, if you cut that dark flesh out of them, there nice eating, I used to get plenty near Esperance, diving, I think the heaviest was 18Lbs, 8.5Kg, cheers Don.
Looks like a great trip !
You getting a hurricane coming in down there,,,,, ;D
Quote from: Benni3 on February 06, 2021, 02:40:31 AM
You getting a hurricane coming in down there,,,,, ;D
Maybe that's why the fishing was so good. The fish were storing up food to beat the hurricane (or do they call them typhoons?) At any rate it looks like you had a great time. Keep fishing. Dominick
They are all the same thing: tropical storms. ... In the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, cyclone is the correct term.
The last two days we had some wild weather and so has Tasmania and Western Australia. The cyclone's usely happen in the Northern part of Australia.
Kim
Went out on the weekend bagged out on King George whiting in a hour and then went for squid for a couple of hours
Kim
Nice looking squids, a different specie to what we get in Cape Town.
nice work mate!
Nice catch of whiting Kim, you have two kinds of squid there have`nt you, the demersible exspirey date finished here today, but looks like bad weather to get out to sea for another week, we had two really hot day early December, since then its been really cold, 22C today, forecasting rain Friday & Saturday, cheers Don
great fishing amigo, as our ohana guys have said, nothing like catching a fish with a reel you have customized.
looks like will have many days of good and healthy eating
Don yes we have two types of squid here as well southern calamari and arrow squid (torpedo squid)
Kim
Kim that looks like a great day fishing and some good meat! Thank you so much for sharing, most of what I know about fishing down there is what I have learned from Donny but then again I do realize you are an entire continent down there so what happens in one area may be totally different than another. Stupid question - you mentioned that you caught a snapper that you had to release "because of the band"? What does that mean? Do you have tagged fish that you need to release, or is it something where a male or female of a species has different coloration/bands and you let them go? Sorry for the questions but love to learn about what fishing is like in other parts of the world and thanks again for sharing!!!! - john
John the snapper had been over fished,so band means your not allowed to fish for them and if you catch one it has to be release. They put a band on catching snapper for three years to allow them to breed up again, so now we have one more year to wait before we can fish for them again.
Kim
Kim, That Snapper is what we would call a Porgie in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
Nice fishing.
Scott
Thanks Scott, they call them Pink Snapper in Australia, thanks for showing us your photo, your much like me, they could call both of us porkies to, the Pink Snapper on the west coast of Australia, tend to devellope a larger hump above the eyes, to the hieght of the top of the fish, all very interesting, thanks again, cheers Don.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
Don asked if I would post this photo of a Pink Snapper in his area of the world!!
Hi Wayne,
I mentioned on one of the posts about the pink snapper on the West coast of Australia, having a more pronounced hump on top of their head,
this is an 83 Cm snapper approximately 9 kg, approx. 20 lbs,
caught last week, in geography bay in 14 M of water, geography bay is from a line, cape Naturalist, to Bunbury & South off.
If you have time to place it on the forum,
I will try to comment, although I will be away for a few days fishing crabbing & net fishing till Thursday.
What a life,
Cheers, Don.
Donny Boy, take it from here!!!!
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Wayne
Thanks again Wayne for post the picture for me, the story with the pic explains it all really, the young man that caught it was only 16, good memories for the rest of his life, ay, I also have a mate that went out West of Bunbury, through the week as he was geting his gear ready to drop, his decky pulled up a double header of snapper they were both over 75 Cms, cheers for now, merry Xmas, cheers Don.
Those are big ones,,,,,,, ;D
Don, do your Snappers "snap" when you bring 'em aboard?
I've got a few Uku(Grey Snapper) here and discovered why they's called that. I always thought it had to do with how they took the bait/lure. A pretty loud sound, too.
I have never noticed, Greg, when there up around the 80 Cm size they are very strong, if you use light gear, they will snap your rig, they can cut into the water side on, put up a good fight, cheers Don.
They have opened up some more resovour here, some have been stocked with Murray cod. Just before Christmas I went an caught my first one and since then have caught a lot more, the best day was 14 cod in 2 1/2 hours. Took my grandson there and he caught 5 and he loved it didn't want to leave.
Kim
Murray Cod. Such 🤔 interesting and different fish down there. Do they taste as good as they look?
Hi Kim, glad you took your grandson fishing, it will be good memories for him, & I bet it put a smile on your face to, by the way your not a bad looking bloke upside down ay,
Greg the spapper cut into the water, like threvelly do, they put up a lot of resistance, great to catch, but when just legal size 50cms over here, they can be a bit soft in the mouth, if you place to much pressure on them, it is easy to pull the hook, cheers Don.
Gfish the Murray cod are protected, here in south Australia we have some new rules and we are not allowed to take them out of the water only lifting the head and shoulders up to take the hooks out .
Kim
Been getting a few callop lately
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